Quinte West Mayor Jim Harrison Retiring After 12-Year Run as City Leader

Quinte West Mayor Jim Harrison retiring after 12-year run as city leader

Mayor Jim Harrison will soon be hanging up the Quinte West mayoral chain of office after leading the municipality for the last 12 years.

Quinte West mayor reflects on his time serving the community

Jim Harrison says his community is in a good place and he’s ready to move on. The longtime Quinte West mayor has confirmed he will not seek reelection this fall, capping off a career in municipal politics that began in 1991. Harrison appeared on CJBQ’s Lorne Brooker Show on Tuesday morning. https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1977/files/2026/07/jh-3.wav “I have enjoyed the political career that I’ve had and enjoyed t…

Jim Harrison will not run for another term as Mayor in Quinte West

Quinte West will have a new Mayor this fall. Jim Harrison has confirmed to our newsroom that he will not be running for a fourth term as Mayor in October. He says he has already informed staff and council of his decision. After many years as a Councillor in Murray Ward, Harrison was first elected as Mayor in Quinte West in 2014, serving three full terms in the post. Harrison told our newsroom that he has “certainly enjoyed my time as a politicia…